Universal Service: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, Part 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000 - Competition |
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Page 86 - ... advanced telecommunications and information services, that are reasonably comparable to those services provided in urban areas and that are available at rates that are reasonably comparable to rates charged for similar services in urban areas.
Page 2 - The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:34 am, in room SR-253, Russell Senate Office Building, Hon. Conrad Burns (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Staff members assigned to this hearing: Louis C.
Page 63 - OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, my name is Paul Rodgers. I am Administrative Director and General Counsel for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, commonly known as the "NARUC.
Page 29 - Biggest Cable Operation To Raise Rates 7% in '97," Washington Post, March 14, 1997. [The prepared statement of Senator Dorgan follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF HON. BYRON L. DORGAN, US SENATOR FROM NORTH DAKOTA Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this hearing on satellite royalty fees.
Page 5 - FCC headquarters and will also use a new toll free call center to allow the public to get faster, easier answers to questions about FCC rules and issues and to FCC information. Before becoming Chairman of the FCC, Mr. Hundt was a partner in the Washington office of Latham & Watkins, a national and international law firm. His work included legal and regulatory issues in emerging technologies, such as cellular telephones, direct broadcast satellite, and interactive television. In his private legal...
Page 3 - I am not going to read it, but I am going to place it in the record, because I think it deserves to be there.
Page 63 - Committee and the Communications Committee of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and is the Chairman of the State Issues Task Force, and Chair of the Consumer Affairs Subcommittee.
Page 33 - Thank you again, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing. I look forward to hearing the testimony of all of our witnesses today.
Page 86 - Access to advanced telecommunications and information services should be provided in all regions of the Nation.
Page 5 - ... Committee for Civil Rights, Conservation International, and the DC Preservation League. Chairman Hundt is a graduate of Yale College (1969) and Yale Law School (1974), where he was a member of the board of the Yale Law Journal. He clerked for the late Chief Judge Harrison L. Winter of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and is a member of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and California bars. Chairman Hundt was born in Michigan and lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland with...